Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2021

The Techstars Foundation recently announced a new program called Accelerate Equity. Through Accelerate Equity, the Techstars Foundation identifies early-stage nonprofits and ideas to empower and support underestimated entrepreneurs. The Techstars Foundation will add a 5% match to the total raised at the end of the calendar quarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Outside of work is where you can best evaluate the chemistry match, and decide whether you can enjoy and learn from the relationship. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. The basic categories include equity, straight debt, convertible debt, services, and agreements for future equity. Document the investment types you are willing to consider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Match your office, facilities and computer equipment to the size of the staff you have today, and intend to have in the next six months.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. Lessons Learned. by Eric Ries.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Today, Amy and I are announcing a matching gift from our Anchor Point Foundation to the Startland News’ Give A Start donor campaign. We will match any contributions from this point forward, up to $25,000. Equity in startup communities will be a concern for years to come.

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Board Effect

MARCH 8, 2022

People generally like to be served by people much like themselves, which is the primary reason for all nonprofits to focus heavily on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Are Nonprofits Making Progress in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a new topic for nonprofit organizations.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

AI to make IRL matches – What if you could chat with a bot that learns about you on a deeper level and uses this information to make a curated set of matches? Technological Convergence – The global equity market value associated with disruptive innovation could increase to 60% by 2030.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

A better approach is to first understand who these people are, why and how they invest, and then focus on the ones who are the best match for your particular startup stage, location and industry. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Match your office, facilities and computer equipment to the size of the staff you have today, and intend to have in the next six months.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

And then it ensures that all of the organization’s efforts match that true north. Brand marketing is concerned with objectives such as: Brand tracking , identity, and recognition; Improving brand awareness ; Building brand equity ; Understanding and influencing consumer perceptions about the brand. Image source. Image source.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Outside of work is where you can best evaluate the chemistry match, and decide whether you can enjoy and learn from the relationship. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 18, 2021

I recently nominated James Oliver’s ParentPreneur Foundation for the new Techstars Accelerate Equity Program. Through Accelerate Equity, the Techstars Foundation identifies early-stage nonprofits and ideas to empower and support underestimated entrepreneurs. We then call on the Techstars network to pitch in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. Use flexibility to match your lifestyle. Personal income is related to operations versus equity.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. While I am a big proponent of startup ingenuity, grit, sweat-equity and the success stories of our American experiment, when it comes to targeting startups as B2B clients, the cards are stacked heavily against us.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Not all start-up stock is created equally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Super angels have greater scope to match talent with a startup. Because of their high visibility and huge portfolios, this new class of investors can match the right talent to the right startup quickly and efficiently with introductions and mergers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. Match your office, facilities and computer equipment to the size of the staff you have today, and intend to have in the next six months.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the details of these tragedies unfolded, the incidents opened up a national conversation about the need to take a serious look at the issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion within every organization and walk of life. Moving Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Research Uncovers Disparities in Nonprofit Leadership.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2019

This highly advanced and user-friendly technology matches you with multiple suitable investors, which you wouldn’t have access to otherwise. People nowadays are also offering incentives, coupons, and equity to the people involved in startup funding. A compelling pitch is all you need to begin the entire process.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. No, I prefer boring businesses and established companies that are not seeking their own sweat equity for services provided.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Syndio has over 60 enterprise customers including Nordstrom, Match Group, Target, Adobe and PagerDuty and already more than 1.3 She is passionate about issues surrounding equal pay, employee wellness, and equity at work. To help companies resolve pay equity and the pay gap. Pay equity addresses equal pay for equal work.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

reduced salary, partial equity, good experience, etc. I’ll give you equity in the company.” If you have some complexity and uniqueness to your startup (and you should – see Matching Algorithm ), then it’s going to still take time and effort to do the software development. Likely a lot of time and effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Outside of work is where you can best evaluate the chemistry match, and decide whether you can enjoy and learn from the relationship. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Beyond these believers, you need to match your credentials and interests with the multitude of public, academic and government organizations that proclaim to foster research and early development, to satisfy the long-term needs of the people or organizations they support. They believe in you above all else.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It’s among the most-asked questions on startup forums, and an issue we’re dealing with right now at WPEngine as we bring on new employees: How do you decide how much equity (shares) to give a new employee or partner? Of course the numbers don’t match because, again, I pulled those potential valuations out of nowhere.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 24, 2012

." - Eric The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. We shook across the table,50–50,” Robin recalls, “and I thought ‘great.’”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2023

Investors want to hear a quantified problem, a simple solution description, opportunity size, competition, traction, team qualifications, how much money you need, and what equity you are willing to give. In a more general sense, find out as much as you can about every group and person you address, and tune your pitch ahead of time to match.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The round brings Honor’s total equity funding to date to $325 million and values the company at over $1.25 Honor Technology, Inc. , creating the most advanced ecosystem to serve the aging population around the world.” The technology improves as the company scales, learning from expanding data points to further optimize performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Of course, the right ones cost may you equity, but a small percentage of a big business is worth far more to you than a large chunk of nothing. You will be motivated to hone your skills as a leader, and everyone will be motivated to raise their game to match the top performers. Make coming to work fun and exhilarating.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

A better approach is to first understand who these people are, why and how they invest, and then focus on the ones who are the best match for your particular startup stage, location and industry. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 16, 2022

A few weeks ago, the Techstars Foundation announced that EforAll Longmont is joining its Accelerate Equity program, which will give it access to important resources and capital from Techstars. Importantly, this means that the Techstars Foundation will match 20% of donations made to EforAll Longmont through September 30th, up to $20,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.” Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Beyond these believers, you need to match your credentials and interests with the multitude of public, academic and government organizations that proclaim to foster research and early development, to satisfy the long-term needs of the people or organizations they support. They believe in you above all else.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Hillcrest Merchant Partners concentrates on investing their own capital in early stage companies, and advisory areas that include equity and debt structuring, reverse takeovers, M&A advisory and private to public processes. Study them through their websites and the business media to ensure a good match.

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